In my last post I talked about goals and what a goal is. The better you understand something, the more value you are likely to derive from it. Earlier in my career, I…
Performance Improvement
What is a goal? On the face of it this is a simple question but like most things, it is not so simple. I’ve written extensively about the qualities of a goal. The…
In last week’s post I explained the risk of focusing on being an efficient leader. Efficiency needs to be focused on the right things. Getting better at the wrong things doesn’t help and…
For most of my career at Intel I focused on being as efficient as possible. This was especially true with how I spent my time, at least that is what I thought. I…
When people face a problem, their common response is to figure out how to do something better to overcome it. In a discussion with some clients recently, they focused on how to use…
Around this time of the year, I am usually focused on getting everything done ahead of the holidays. Most companies operate on a calendar year basis, and it was no different at Intel….
I received an advert from Home Depot this week informing me that ‘Doing Season Is Kicking Off’. While I don’t plan to be doing any home improvement soon, I agree with them. As…
If you asked me 20 years ago to add more routine into my life, I would have scoffed at the idea. I considered myself to creative and flexible. Routines were boring and restrictive. …
Everyone I know works really hard. Some argue we work too hard. But what if I told you much of your work is wasted. How would you feel? Would you believe me? The…
One of the things my clients generally don’t like doing is holding someone accountable. The context is typically confronting someone about something they haven’t done. Less often it is about something they have…